Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!nbires!hao!noao!mcdsun!fnf From: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Distribution of ST software on the net Message-ID: <136@mcdsun.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Nov-86 17:56:12 EST Article-I.D.: mcdsun.136 Posted: Fri Nov 28 17:56:12 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Nov-86 21:11:41 EST References: <126@maccs.UUCP> <547@uwmacc.UUCP> <132@maccs.UUCP> Reply-To: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish) Distribution: na Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division Lines: 33 In article <132@maccs.UUCP> gordan@maccs.UUCP (Gordan Palameta) writes: >>> ... For instance, a large >>>number of programs could be packed on a single floppy >>>disk which could be sent through ordinary *non-electronic* >>>mail. > >I did receive some cautionary advice in e-mail from Allan Pratt warning that >the amount of work involved might be considerable, and suggesting contacting >anyone who may have tried this idea before and possibly given up. So any >advice on this subject either in e-mail or on the net would be welcome. It I have been doing this for the Amiga for about a year now, and I can assure you it *IS* a lot of work. I have 40 disks that I put together, with 5 or 6 more currently on the way, and have received requests from all over the world. I estimate that this has consumed approximately 20 hours per week of my "spare" time for the last year. Be sure not to underestimate your expenses so as not to end up subsidizing the operation with your money as well as your time. I rarely have a combined BIX/WELL/telephone bill less than $300 per month, and one month it was well over double that. On the plus side, you get the gratitude of thousands of users you have never met (not to mention the disk manufacturers who have probably sold several hundred thousand extra blank disks because of my library :-). P.S. Hope you don't have a girl friend, wife, kids, or other distracting influencies... :-) -Fred -- =========================================================================== Fred Fish Motorola Computer Division, 3013 S 52nd St, Tempe, Az 85282 USA {seismo!noao!mcdsun,hplabs!well}!fnf (602) 438-5976 ===========================================================================